The PENN INSTITUTE for URBAN RESEARCH A Retrospective Report: 2004-2011 A RetrospectiveReport: 2004-2011 for URBANRESEARCH The PENNINSTITUTE The PENN INSTITUTE for URBAN RESEARCH A Retrospective Report: 2004-2011 Judith Rodin, President, Susan M. Wachter, Eugénie Birch , Xavier Briggs, Penn IUR Public Interest Event, Olympic Sculpture and Robert Sokolow at the Re-Imagining Cities Moving to Opportunity, photo: Lindsay Park, Seattle Re-Imagining Cities conference conference MacDonald & Next American City magazine photo: Lou Huang photo: Lou Huang

“The Shape of the New 2011 Penn IUR Urban American City,” The Mural by the City of Leadership Award Awardee Annals of the American Philadelphia Mural Henry Cisneros and Academy of Political and Arts Project Eugénie Birch Social Sciences. photo: Greenhouse Media November 2009

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Eugénie L. Birch and Susan Amy Gutmann, 2007 Penn IUR Urban M. Wachter, Editors, President, University of Leadership Awardee Rebuilding Urban Places Pennsylvania, Cities and Mayor Joe Riley After Disaster: Lessons Women’s’ Health photo: Stuart Watson from Hurricane Katrina conference (Penn Press, 2006)

Lawrence C. Nussdorf & Melanie Franco 2008 Penn IUR Urban Leadership Nussdorf at the Penn IUR Roundtable Awardee Donna Shalala on Anchor Institutions photo: Stuart Watson photo: Stuart Watson

Penn IUR Advisory Board Chair Egbert Perry photo: Stuart Watson

2009 Penn IUR Urban Leadership Penn IUR Public Gasworks Park, Awardees Bruce Katz, Shirley Franklin Interest Event Seattle and Parris Glendening attendee photo: Greenhouse Media

Audience, Penn IUR Public Rocco Landesman, Chairman, Wangari Maathai, Nobel Interest Event, Moving NEA, Penn IUR Public Interest Peace Laureate, Growing to Opportunity Event, Arts and the City Greener Cities Symposium photo: Lindsay MacDonald & photo: Greenhouse Media photo: Stuart Watson Next American City magazine The PENN INSTITUTE for URBAN RESEARCH A Retrospective Report: 2004-2011 CONTENTS

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The Penn Institute for Urban Research(Penn IUR) engages urban researchers, practitioners and policymakers to:

○ Increase and disseminate understanding of cities through cross-disciplin- ary research, instruction, and civic engagement, drawing on the resources of the University of Pennsylvania’s 12 schools

○ Develop knowledge in three critical areas:

○! informing the sustainable, 21st-century city;

○! fostering innovative urban development strategies; and

○! illuminating the role of anchor institutions in urban places

5 MESSAGE FROM PENN IUR’S ous authors and editors who have contributed chapters and entire manuscripts to ADVISORY BOARD CHAIR the C21 book series, and especially Peter Agree of Penn Press; the students who have participated in the UURC course, Urban Doctoral Symposium, or completed the Masters of Urban Spatial Analytics program; and of course, the talented and dedicated sta- without whom none of this would have been possible.

All of the board members are passionate about Penn IUR’s contributions and give invaluable resources to support the Institute and its continued development. For the past seven years, the Penn Institute for Urban Research (Penn IUR) has From ,nancial support and strategic vision to urban expertise and connections to been building the bridge between the academy and the ,eld. Penn IUR brings urban thought-leaders around the world, the resources the board brings to bear together the expansive urban scholarship that thrives across Penn’s twelve schools are exceptional and are helping Penn IUR to grow into an internationally recognized in forums that illustrate the power of cross-disciplinary research, dialogue, and leader in the ,eld. instruction – forums such as the Penn IUR Undergraduate Urban Research Col- loquium (UURC), the Penn Urban Doctoral Symposium, and the Penn IUR Faculty Forums. Added to this vibrant interdisciplinary academic discourse are the Insti- tute’s signature civic engagement programs that bring the latest research to those making innovations on the ground – the practitioners and policymakers who are working every day to transform cities into models of urban sustainability. Programs Egbert Perry such as the Penn IUR National Impact Conferences, the Penn IUR Roundtable on Chairman & CEO, The Integral Group, LLC Anchor Institutions (PRAI), and the City in the 21st Century (C21) book series with Penn Press all bring academics and practitioners together so that they can inform each others’ work – academics sharing new research ,ndings with professionals in the ,eld, and practitioners sharing with academics their observations about real- world conditions.

It is the constant dialogue between holistic, interdisciplinary-minded academ- ics and innovative professionals and policymakers coupled with the training of tomorrow’s urban leaders and scholars that makes being a Penn IUR Advisory Board member so rewarding. On behalf of the entire board, I want to thank everyone who has made these signature programs possible – President Amy Gutmann, Provost Vincent Price, and Senior Vice Provost for Research Steven Fluharty for their illumi- nating guidance and continued support and encouragement; Penn IUR’s co-direc- tors, Eugenie Birch and Susan Wachter, for their ambitious leadership; the wide array of experts who have presented at IUR’s conferences and lectures; the numer-

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6 7 MESSAGE FROM THE PROVOST ○ Conferences and follow-up books on such vital contemporary topics as Rebuild- AND SENIOR VICE PROVOST ing Urban Places After Disaster: Lessons From Hurricane Katrina and Growing FOR RESEARCH Greener Cities: Urban Sustainability in the Twenty-First Century

○ The report Retooling HUD for a Catalytic Federal Government, which brought together dozens of urban scholars and policy analysts to put anchor institutions on the national agenda

○ The Penn IUR Undergraduate Urban Research Colloquium and the Penn Urban “Cities,” Jane Jacobs famously wrote, “have the capability of providing something for Doctoral Symposium, which provide students with opportunities to experience everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody.” In this way, as inter-disciplinary, urban research methods ,rsthand in so many others, great cities are the mirrors and partners of great urban universities. The university in the city functions as an anchor institution, a civic partner, a laboratory ○ The vibrant and innovative Masters of Urban Spatial Analytics program of ideas, a model of democratic governance, and a generator of the city’s future citi- ○ Seminars that mix scholars and practitioners to examine critical urban issues of zens and leaders. Even more, as Jacobs’ words suggest, the city’s strengths and values the 21st century re.ect the university’s strengths and values: their shared energy, scope, and ambition; their shared diversity of interests and communities. ○ Major research and publications from more than 70 Penn IUR Faculty Fellows

More than seven years ago, Penn IUR ,rst combined these sources of strength, ○ The current development of energy policies for the Greater Philadelphia Innova- a/rming Penn’s commitment to its own urban environment by connecting it to the tion Cluster at the Philadelphia Navy Yard world’s most dynamic and forward-looking perspectives in urban research. Initiated in the context of President Judith Rodin’s landmark revitalization of Penn’s West We extend our gratitude to those who have pushed Penn IUR into new and Philadelphia neighborhood, the Institute has gone on to embody, with equal vigor and challenging territory, beyond what might even have been imagined seven years ago. rigor, the key values of President Amy Gutmann’s Penn Compact: engaging locally and We are especially indebted to the Penn IUR Executive Committee, which has guided globally, increasing access, and integrating knowledge. the Institute with great wisdom and insight from its inception. We congratulate Genie Birch, Susan Wachter, and the entire Penn IUR community, and we look forward to Penn IUR exempli,es Penn’s distinctive strengths in cross-disciplinary research, many more years of illuminating ideas at the intersections of the city, the university, drawing on perspectives from every corner of campus. This work integrates a wide and the world around them. range of state-of-the art scholarship, research, and practice, designed to address the most urgent contemporary issues both locally and globally, for the widest possible au- Vincent Price dience of scholars, researchers, policymakers, practitioners, and urban residents. The success of these endeavors was resoundingly rea/rmed in a ,ve-year review in 2009, in which faculty and sta- across the University testi,ed to Penn IUR’s energetic role in bringing together diverse ideas and disciplines to advance urban research. Some of the Vincent Price highlights of its work in this period include: Provost

○ Globally recognized research on best practices in sustainable urban develop- ment, ,nance, planning, and public health in the world’s most rapidly developing

cities and countries Steven Fluharty Steven Fluharty

○ Inventive collaborations with the , UN-HABITAT, and the congressio- Senior Vice Provost for Research nally established East-West Center

8 9 MESSAGE FROM PENN IUR’S as an authoritative voice, convener and laboratory as it selects new initiatives while CO-DIRECTORS strengthening and enhancing key signature programs. It will continue to involve schol- ars and practitioners and reinforce Penn’s pre-eminence in integrative urban research, instruction, and service.

In addition to University leadership, Penn IUR’s Advisory Board and Executive Committee, the Penn IUR Faculty Fellows, we wish to acknowledge the tremendous contributions of partner organizations within and outside the University. At Penn, we have had extraordinary support from many departments, schools, and other entities. We have been honored to direct the Penn Institute for Urban Research from its incep- Notably, the School of Design has housed our o/ce and collaborated on the develop- tion. It has been an enlightening and rewarding experience working with one another ment of the MUSA program into a one-of-a-kind competitive GIS degree; Eric Halpern and with the many talented and dedicated people from all corners of Penn to create and Peter Agree of Penn Press, who initiated and enthusiastically helped develop our an institute that strengthens Penn’s assets in urbanism: its powerful urban research ca- joint book series, the City in the 21st Century; the Center for Public Health Initiatives pacity and its role as an exemplary anchor institution. Critical to this path has been the has worked with us on joint programming and the Urban Studies program has helped vision and support from the President’s and Provost’s o/ces as well as the unwavering sustain our instructional initiatives, the UURC and the Urban Doctoral Symposium. We dedication of our Advisory Board and Executive Committee. Likewise, urban-focused pause here to o-er a special heartfelt thank you to the American Academy of Political faculty from across the twelve schools have been essential in developing our public and Social Science and its late director Phyllis Kaniss, who o-ered us the extraordinary programs, publications, research initiatives, and instructional programs for undergradu- opportunity to cosponsor a conference and a special issue of The Annals, “The Shape ates, master-level students, and doctoral students. Working with faculty and other of the New American City.” External partners that have been invaluable in creating constituencies, we have identi,ed key domestic and international issues and devised programs that resonate beyond campus include the United States Geological Survey, programs to encourage integrated, cross-disciplinary research. the Rockefeller Foundation, the World Bank, UN-HABITAT, Philadelphia Federal While growing our Faculty Fellows program (we now have more than 70 fellows Reserve Bank, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, the William Penn Foundation, the from such disciplines as anthropology, sociology, health, education, criminology, law, , and many others. And, of course, we thank the entire Penn IUR sta- real estate, city planning, architecture, social policy, history, and veterinary science), for ensuring that we meet the goals we articulate for ourselves and that our partners public conferences, expert seminars, and publications, we have increased our annual depend on. budget. At its inception, Penn IUR received annual Provostial support for ,ve years With a history of innovation and collaboration behind us and constantly expanding with permission to carry forward any unspent revenues. Penn IUR has supplemented initiatives on the horizon, we are highly optimistic about Penn IUR’s future. this revenue through endowment income, grants, gifts, and other sources. Since 2005, Penn IUR has more than doubled its support for programming, in many instances Eugenie L. Birch raising dedicated funds for signature programs and special research initiatives. The conservative management of the University allocation, along with generous outside funding, places Penn IUR in a strong position to continue this work.

We are dedicated to crafting Penn IUR to re.ect the urban expertise at Penn and Eugénie L. Birch and Susan M. Wachter to help channel that expertise to expand knowledge and understanding of the critical Co-Directors, Penn Institute for Urban Research issues facing the 21st-century city. Upon receiving notice of Penn IUR’s o/cial ,ve-year renewal, we embarked upon a strategic planning process for 2011-2015 in order to Susan M. Wachter advance place-based research, instruction and service to inform and respond to 21st- century urban issues locally, nationally and internationally. Paying particular attention to urban sustainability, urban development and anchor institutions, Penn IUR will serve

10 11 Penn IUR Programs: Convener, Voice and Laboratory

BUILDING THE 21ST CENTURY SUSTAINABLE CITY FOSTERING INNOVATIVE URBAN DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES Penn IUR engages urban researchers, practitioners and policymakers to in- crease and disseminate understanding of cities through cross-disciplinary research, instruction, and civic engagement. In this work, Penn IUR focuses ILLUMINATING THE on the three areas: informing the sustainable city, fostering innovative ROLE OF ANCHOR INSTITUTIONS urban development strategies and illuminating the role of anchor institu- tions in urban places. To carry out its mission, Penn IUR performs three functions: it serves as a convener, a voice and a laboratory. Sustaining this work are grants, philanthropic gifts and support from the University.

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In order to link researchers with practitioners, policymakers, faculty, stu- dents and the interested public, Penn IUR hosts programs throughout the year to examine timely topics facing cities worldwide. While some address national and international urban issues, others focus on the Philadelphia region. Whether it is a multiday conference or an evening lecture, all of Penn IUR’s events bring together scholars with practitioners, bridging the academy and ,eld.

1) Rocco Landesman, Chairman, NEA, Penn IUR Public Interest Event, Arts and the City: Can the Arts Revive Our Cities’ and the

$ Nation’s Economy? photo: Greenhouse Media 2) Judith Rodin at the Urban Anchors in the 21st Century conference, photo: Stuart Watson 3) Exhibit at the Re-Imagining Cities: Urban Design After the Age of Oil conference, photo: Lou Huang 4) Lawrence C. '& ( Nussdorf & Melanie Franco Nussdorf at the Penn IUR Roundtable on Anchor Institutions, photo: Stuart Watson 5) Audience, Re-

!" Imagining Cities conference. Richard Richman, Penn IUR Advisory Board member (center). photo: Lou Huang 6) Wangari Maathai and children at the Growing Greener Cities Symposium, photo: Stuart Watson Penn IUR as Convener PENN IUR NATIONAL IMPACT CONFERENCES

Growing Greener Cities Symposium October 15-17, 2006 To date, Penn IUR has sponsored or cosponsored ,fteen National Impact Penn IUR along with the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society and the produc- Conferences. These conferences address critical urban issues of the day, ers of the PBS four-part series Edens Lost & Found, The Media & Policy Center convening national – and often international – leading experts, and are Foundation, hosted the Growing Greener Cities symposium. The symposium showcased cutting-edge urban sustainability research and best practices. More open to broad audiences of anywhere between 100 and 400 academics, than 300 students, academics, practitioners, and policymakers attended the two- policymakers, professionals, students, and members of the general public. day conference, which featured a screening of Edens Lost & Found, a book fair, and addresses from more than 50 speakers on issues of urban sustainability and the importance of community participation in urban greening. The Franklin Conference – School by Design: Inno- The Shape of the New American City (October vative Intentions (May 2005) with Penn Praxis 2008) with the American Academy of Political and On the evening of October 16, Dr. Wangari Maathai, founder of the Green Social Sciences Belt Movement, and recipient of the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize, gave the sympo- Rebuilding Urban Places After Disaster (January sium’s keynote address. Dr. Maathai gave an insightful and empowering lecture to 2006) with the O/ce of the Provost Re-Imagining Cities: Urban Design After the Age an audience of more than 1,200 people. Recognizing the strong implications of of Oil (November 2008) with the School of Design sustainable management of the environment, Dr. Maathai presented an argument Poor, Young, Black and Male: A Case for National (page 18) for rooted in respect for human rights, equity, and justice. Following Action (April 2006) with Professor Elijah Anderson her speech, cosponsored by the O/ce of the Provost as part of the Provost’s Cities and Women’s Health: Global Perspectives The New Downtown (April 2006) with Princeton’s Global Forum, President Amy Gutmann presented Dr. Maathai with the Penn (April 2010) with the School of Nursing (page 19) Policy Research Institute on the Region Medal for Distinguished Achievement. Reinventing Older Communities: Rebuild, Restore, Growing Greener Cities (October 2006) with the Penn IUR’s Co-Directors compiled new works by many of the participants Renew (May 2010) with the Philadelphia Federal Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (page 17) in Growing Greener Cities: Urban Sustainability in the 21st Century (University of Reserve Bank Pennsylvania Press, 2008). The book captures the urgency in which many cities Urban Anchors in the 21st Century (October 2007) Cities in Global Perspective (April 2011) with the are balancing issues of environmental sustainability and economic develop- with the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy University Center for Ancient Studies, the Lauder Institute of ment. It treats climate change and regional planning, sustainable transportation and the City Initiative; Great Cities Institute, Univer- Management and International Studies, the History systems, watershed restoration, urban farming and food supply, green building sity of Illinois, Chicago; and CEOs for Cities. Department, the History of Art Department, and East systems, citizen activism, ,nancing sustainable urban development, and methods for measuring success. Among the 22 contributors are Alexander Garvin, inter- Land and Power (October 2007) with Princeton’s Asian Languages and Cultures nationally renowned public space planner and designer; Neil Peirce, Washington Policy Research Institute on the Region Preparing Today’s Students for Tomorrow’s Jobs: Post columnist; Jeremy Nowak, Director and Co-Founder of The Reinvestment Women’s Health Is the Community’s Health (Sep- The Policy, Practice, and Research Issues (May 2011) Fund, and Robin Thompson, Sustainable Development Advisor to London Mayor tember 2007) with the School of Nursing with the Graduate School of Education Ken Livingston. Penn President Amy Gutmann who wrote the book’s foreword, illuminates the University’s commitment to sustainability and the way anchor Re-Inventing Older Communities (March 2008) institutions like Penn are leading the charge. Named a Top 10 book by Planetizen with the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia in 2009, Growing Greener Cities was translated into Chinese in 2011.

Photos (from top): 1) Rooftop garden, Chicago City Hall 2) Wangari Maathai, Nobel Peace Laureate, 16 17 Growing Greener Cities Symposium, photo: Stuart Watson Re-Imagining Cities: Urban Design After the Age of Oil Cities and Women’s Health: Global Perspectives November 7-8, 2008 April 7-10, 2010

Penn IUR, in partnership with the School of Design and supported by the Penn IUR supported “Cities and Women’s Health: Global Perspectives,” Rockefeller Foundation, convened a two-day symposium and exhibition to discuss organized by the School of Nursing for the Penn-ICOWHI 18th International how 21st-century energy and environmental conditions will inspire many changes Conference. Conference attendees were scholars and practitioners in the – from individual buildings to the systems that deliver essential services and disciplines of urban design, city planning, health sciences, health policy, law, networks that connect cities and regions. More than 560 attendees, 73 speakers social policy, education, and sociology, who analyzed the intersection of urban and seven bloggers from twelve countries and ,ve continents participated in the planning and women’s health. This international conference brought together symposium. They called for refocusing urban design discourse and urban design people from 32 di-erent countries, representing six out of the seven conti- education, issuing a manifesto, The Penn Resolution: Educating Urban Designers nents (excluding Antarctica) – 375 participants in total – to forge partnerships for Post-Carbon Cities (now available through Amazon.com). and discuss the most pressing issues facing women in urban environments.

In the opening plenary, Judith Rodin, President of the Rockefeller Founda- The conference included nine keynote presentations and 25 plenary pre- tion, charged the participants to “organize cityscapes around people and com- sentations. It featured such renowned speakers such as Melanne Verveer, U.S. munities, not just cars and roads, as oil becomes increasingly scarce and costly, Ambassador of Global Women’s Issues; Julio Frenk, Mexico’s former Minister and as the global climate crisis worsens.” She challenged the group: “Together, of Health and Harvard’s current Dean of its School of Public Health; Vivian we must plan and build an energy- and environmentally sustainable urban future Pinn, the head of the Women’s Health Division of the National Institute of that promotes equitable economic growth and supports dynamism, density, and Health; and Mamphele Ramphele, antiapartheid activist from South Africa and diversity.” Other speakers included Elizabeth Kolbert, sta- writer for The New an accomplished academic and physician. Preconference activities included a Yorker and author of Field Notes from a Catastrophe; Adil Najam, Director of the series of smaller meetings that spotlighted such urban women’s health issues Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future and Profes- as cardiovascular health, food security, and the impact of art on health in cit- sor of International Relations and Geography and the Environment; David Orr, ies. In addition, the conference organizers, partnering with the First Lady of Paul Sears Distinguished Professor of Environmental Studies and Politics, who Pennsylvania, Judge Marjorie Rendell, sponsored a student video contest for followed with a discussion that framed the problem of environmental change; elementary and high school students on girls’ and women’s health.

Peter Head, Global Leader of Planning and Project Director of Eco-City Master Following the conference, key speakers and presenting researchers con- Planning at Arup; Richard Wurman, Chairman of 19.20.21 and Founder of TED; tributed to Women’s Health and the World’s Cities (University of Pennsylvania Andrew Revkin, author of the New York Times blog Dot Earth; and Witold Ryb- Press, 2011), edited by Afaf Meleis, Dean, School of Nursing and Penn IUR czynski, Martin and Margy Meyerson Professor of Urbanism and an architecture Co-Directors Birch and Wachter. In addition, with support from the Rockefeller critic for Slate.com. Foundation, the conference organizers created the Rockefeller Penn Fellows The symposium also commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Penn- program, which developed the Urban Women’s Health Collaborative (UWHC), Rockefeller “Conference on Urban Design Criticism,” with an exhibition. At the an online public access social networking site, to continue the dialogue and original groundbreaking event, Jane Jacobs, Louis Kahn, Kevin Lynch, Ian McHarg, knowledge sharing after the conference. The Fellows, twelve early and midca- Lewis Mumford, and I.M. Pei reconstituted mid-20th-century urban design. The reer thought-leaders from ten countries (Armenia, Bangladesh, Chile, Kenya, 2008 symposium featured artifacts of the 1958 conference and also looked at Korea, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Thailand, and the United States) and diverse more than 40 exemplary projects from around the world. Powered by a solar ,elds, championed discussions on new ideas for promoting women’s health in generator and featuring a Smart Car from PhillyCarShare parked outside, ,lm cities around the world. clips, and interactive voting stations, the exhibition later traveled to three other locations: the Center for Architecture in downtown Philadelphia, the Municipal Art Society of , and the University of Utah.

Photos (from top): Photos (from top): 1) Neal Peirce, Washington Post columnist, photo: Lou Huang 2) Re-Imagining Cities exhibit hall, photo: 1) Afaf Ibrahim Meleis, Eugénie L. Birch, and Susan M. Wachter, Editors, Women’s Health Lou Huang 3) Susan M. Wachter, Eugénie Birch, and Robert Sokolow, photo: Lou Huang 4) Panel with and the World’s Cities (Penn Press, 2011) 2) Dean Afaf I. Meleis (center) and President 18 Dean Marilyn Jordan Taylor (center), photo: Lou Huang Amy Gutmann (right) 3) Conference attendees 4) Keynote speaker Sheila Patel 19 Penn IUR as Convener

Ideas on Urban Futures: The Next Genera- PENN IUR EXPERT tion of Philadelphia Leadership, Philadelphia ROUNDTABLES (October 2007)

Penn IUR Roundtable on Anchor Institutions: Per- forming Arts Centers, Philadelphia (June 2008) Over the past seven years, 23 Penn IUR Expert Roundtables have brought Creating a New Natural Resource Legacy, Phila- more than 500 scholars and practitioners to the campus. These roundta- delphia (June 2008), with the Commonwealth Building Scholarship on Anchor Institutions ble discussions provide an intimate setting where high-level policymakers, of Pennsylvania Department Conservation and through Peer-to-Peer Exchange Natural Resources executives, and preeminent scholars can freely discuss the challenges they The Penn IUR Roundtable on Anchor Insti- face in their work and, together, chart the way forward. These are typically Subprime Mortgage Crisis: Policy Analysis for tutions (PRAI) is a recurring expert event that Solutions (September 2008), with the Hudson convenes leaders from anchor institutions, their re- daylong events with audiences ranging in size from 20 to 50 individuals. Institute spective civic collaborators (academic, government, and foundation partners), and technical experts for Using Science for Decision-making in Urban State of the American City, Washington, D.C. (November 2006), in partnership with the United an intense full day of discussions around issues of Places, ACES Conference on Ecosystem Services, (May 2004) States Geological Survey mutual concern. Each closed-door session o-ers an Naples, (December, 2008), with the United opportunity for institution leaders to engage with Repositioning for the Fu- The Northeast Climate and Competitiveness Sum- States Geological Survey peers, strategize solutions, compare notes from the ture: Strategies and Practices, Puerto Rico mit, Philadelphia (March 2007), in partnership with Philadelphia 360 Leadership Roundtable: ,eld, and generate national knowledge that can be (March 2005) America 2050 and the Regional Plan Association of Infrastructure for the 22nd Century, Philadel- applied in a local context, building knowledge around New York public/private investments, mission-driven commu- The University and Public Design: The Impact phia (May 2009) nity initiatives, and public engagement strategies. of Urban University Development in Cities, Earth From Space, Roundtable on Global Ur- Downtown Leadership Research Council Roundta- Mayors’ Institute on City Design, Philadel- ban Development Research, Philadelphia (March To date, Penn IUR has sponsored two round- ble, Philadelphia (November 2009), with Philadel- phia (November 2005) 2007), in partnership with the United States tables. In PRAI-1 (2008), we convened the heads phia’s Center City District Geological Survey of performing art centers (The Los Angeles County Rescaling the City: Comparative Urban Politics Music Center, Los Angeles; Kimmel Center for the Philadelphia 360 Leadership Luncheon: Philadel- Workshop, Philadelphia (August 2006), in partner- Toward a 21st Century Urban Agenda, Bellagio, Performing Arts, Philadelphia; Woodru- Arts Center, phia 2035, Philadelphia (May 2010) ship with the Comparative Urban Politics Group, Italy (July 2007), part of Innovation for an Urban Atlanta; and Arena Stage at the Mead Center for

American Political Science Association World, A Global Urban Summit in partnership with Penn IUR Roundtable on Anchor Institutions: American Theater, Washington, D.C.); in PRAI-2 the , America 2050 and Center Museums as Urban Anchors, Philadelphia (2009), we assembled the directors of art muse- The Greater Philadelphia-New York Infrastructure for Sustainability, (September 2010) ums (The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago; Dallas Leadership Exchange, New York and Philadelphia Museum of Art, Dallas; Philadelphia Museum of Art, (October 2006), in partnership with America 2050, Inner City Economic Forum Summit, Philadelphia Infrastructure Investments and Sustainable Urban Philadelphia; and the High Museum of Art, Atlanta); the Regional Plan Association of New York, Pennsyl- (October 2007), with the Initiative on Competitive Design, Mayors’ Institute on City Design, Philadel- and in PRAI-3 (2011), we will host executive leaders vania Economy League Inner Cities (ICIC), , headed by phia (September 2010) of baseball teams (Washington Nationals, Washing- Michael Porter ton, D.C.; Cleveland Indians, Cleveland; San Francisco A National Framework for Risk Reduction and Giants, San Francisco; Florida Marlins, Miami; and Management of Natural Hazards, Washington, D.C. Philadelphia Phillies; Philadelphia).

20 Photo: PRAI 2010 public event 21 Penn IUR as Convener

A Conference on Ecosystem Services (ACES) America’s Sustainable Future: How U.S. Cities Are Slum Upgrading Today: Lessons From Africa and Rocco Landesman, Chairman, National Endowment 2010: Using Science for Decision Making in Dy- Making Energy Work, Philadelphia (June 2011), with Around the World (February 2008), with Marja for the Arts; Donald Harrison, saxophonist, singer, namic Systems, Philadelphia (December 2010) with Viridity Energy, Philadelphia’s Center City District, Hoek-Smit, Director of the International Housing composer; Julia Olin, Executive Director, National the United States Geological Survey the Greater Philadelphia Innovation Cluster (GPIC), Finance Program, The Wharton School; Michael Council for the Traditional Arts; Greg Rowe, Direc- and the Wharton Program for Social Impact Larice, professor, School of Design; and Andrew tor, Culture Initiatives, The Pew Charitable Trusts; Philadelphia Leadership Luncheon: Introduc- Reback, student, School of Design Cookie Ruiz, Executive Director, Ballet Austin; tion to the Center City Microgrid, Philadelphia Nick Spitzer, Host and Producer, American Routes, (March 2011) Reshaping the City: New Visions for Urban Infra- National Public Radio; Mark Stern, Penn profes- structure (July 2009), with Alex Krieger, Professor sor of Social Welfare and History, Social Impact of of Practice, Harvard Graduate School of Design; the Arts Project; and David Thornburgh, Executive Trent Lethco, Senior Transportation Planner, ARUP Director, Fels Institute of Government (see sidebar) Inc; Rina Cutler, Philadelphia’s Deputy Mayor for PENN IUR PUBLIC Transportation and Utilities; Michael DiBerardinis, Urban Smart Grid and Energy Innovation (June Philadelphia’s Commissioner of Parks and Recre- 2011), at Philadelphia’s Academy of Natural Sci- INTEREST EVENTS ation; Alan Greenberger, Philadelphia Deputy Mayor ences with Jon Wellingho!, Chairman, Federal for Planning and , City of Energy Regulatory Commission; Brewster Mc- Philadelphia, and Marilyn Jordan Taylor, Dean and Cracken, Executive Director, Austin’s Pecan Street Penn IUR has sponsored or cosponsored more than 60 Public Interest Paley Professor, University of Pennsylvania School Project; Audrey Zibelman, President and CEO, Events. These lectures, seminars, and panel discussions are designed to of Design Viridity Energy; and Sara C. Bronin, Co-Director, Center for Energy & Environmental Law, University Arts and the City: Can the Arts Revive Our Cities’ highlight key topics in urban research and best practices of relevance to of Connecticut School of Law and the Nation’s Economy? (March 2010), with Philadelphia, the nation, and the global community. Included in the Penn IUR Public Interest Events are a special series on how Penn’s theme year relates to the city (2009: Arts and the City, 2010: Water and the City) and the Penn IUR Urban Book Talk Series, which features the authors of new Philadelphia: A Forum for Critical Urban Discussions titles in our C21/Penn Press series and beyond. In addition to events on Many of Penn IUR’s Public Interest events look closely at issues of national and international importance as they play out in Philadelphia. On March 2, 2010, Penn IUR hosted “Arts and the City: Can the Arts Revive Our Cities’ and the Nation’s Economy?”at Penn’s campus, we have held events for the public in downtown Philadel- the Penn Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. This event was one of three seminars Penn IUR developed to explore the phia, New York City, and Washington, D.C. Exemplary programs include: transformative e-ect of the arts on the nation’s cities as part of the Provost-sponsored Year of the Arts and the City. The Honorable Rocco Landesman, Chair, National Endowment for the Arts, delivered the evening’s keynote speech.

Globalization, Cities, Jobs and the National Econo- kia Sassen, Centennial Professor, Department of After accepting the Penn IUR invitation to speak, Landesman had preceded the talk with a daylong tour of Philadelphia as a my (April 2005), with Jeremy Siegel, Russell E. Sociology, London School of Economics stop on his “Art Works” tour across America. He visited many of the city’s community-based arts institutions including the Crane Palmer Professor of Finance, The Wharton School Arts galleries and spoke with artists, community leaders and public o/cials such as Mayor Michael Nutter, Jeremy Nowak of The Where Will the Next 100 Million Live? (March Reinvestment Fund, and Penn IUR Faculty Fellow Mark Stern, Co-Director of the Social Impact of the Arts Project. The Growing Importance of a City’s History in 2007), with the Honorable Parris Glendening, Following Landesman’s keynote, Nick Spitzer, host and producer of public radio’s American Routes, moderated a discussion Today’s Global Economy (March 2006), with Sas- former Governor, Maryland, and Joel Kotkin, Senior among artists, grant-makers, and nonpro,t arts organization leaders on how the arts a-ect local and national economies and their Fellow, Center for an Urban Future potential to help rebuild struggling urban areas. The Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance and Philagra,ka, Philadelphia’s ,rst city- wide series of print exhibitions, cosponsored the forum. The audience of students, academics, artists, and policymakers took part in

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1) photo: Jay Janner & Austin American States- man 2) Eugénie Birch presents 2010 Penn IUR Urban Leadership Award to William Hudnut, photo: Greenhouse Media 3) Advisory Board Chair Egbert Perry, photo: Stuart Watson 4) Robert Sokolow presenting, Re-Imagining Cities conference, photo: Lou Huang 5) Opening reception, Re-Imaging Cities exhibit, photo: Lou Huang 6) Xavier Briggs, Penn IUR Public Interest Event, Moving to Opportunity, photo: Lindsay MacDonald & Next American City magazine 7) Derek Douglas, Special Assistant to President Obama on Urban A-airs speaking at a Penn IUR Public Interest Event at the National Build- voice and ing Museum 8) Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles 9) PRAI 2008 Arena Stage presentation 10) Mural by the City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Project 11) 2008 Penn IUR Urban Leadership Awardee Edward Blakely, photo: Stuart Watson 12) Susan M. Wachter and 2011 Penn IUR Urban Leadership Awardee Raphael Bostic, photo: Greenhouse Media 13) Beirut, Lebanon, photo: Dan Schechter

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Volpe, Tomlin, Sullivan-Marx, Davitt, Steinberg, Bra- School of Design; and Lucy Kerman, Fels Institute PENN IUR nas, Wiebe) have contributed to PhillyDotMap (Dana of Government. Tomlin and Dennis Culhane, eds., January 2009). FACULTY FORUMS Urban Change Under Globalization in Cross-Cultur- Refocusing the Interdisciplinary: Toward Elder- al Perspective (2008-2009)

Friendly Urban Environments (2005-2006) Directed by Mauro Guillen, The Wharton School and From 2004 to 2009, Penn IUR used its convening capacity to support Directed by Eileen Sullivan-Marx, School of Nursing; Brian Spooner, School of Arts and Sciences. The Faculty Forums, designed to encourage interdisciplinary urban research Joan K. Davitt, School of Social Policy and Practice; forum has evolved into the Center for Urbanization Dina Schlossberg, School of Law; Harris Steinberg, Studies in an Urban World. and partnerships across the University. Competitively awarded funding supported six Penn IUR Faculty Forums, led by nineteen faculty members from nine schools. Each attracted the participation of faculty and doctoral students from across the university through events and special conven- ings. The six Penn IUR Faculty Forums are:

African-American Males Transcending Urban Disad- to Philadelphia: Regional Change and Response vantage (2008-2009) (Brookings Institution, 2008).

Directed by Shaun R. Harper, Graduate School of Modeling Urban Environmental Impacts on Health, Education and John L. Jackson, Annenberg School Development, and Behavior (2004-2008) for Communication, School of Arts and Sciences. Directed by Dennis Culhane, School of Social Work; Cities Around the World: Networks, Form, Function John Fantuzzo, Graduate School of Education; Shiri- (2004-2007) ki Kumanyika, School of Medicine; and Dana Tomlin, School of Design. Eight Forum members (Hillier, Directed by Richard Estes, School of Social Policy and Practice; Donald F. Kettl, School of Arts and Sciences; and Janice F. Madden, School of Arts and Sciences.

Immigration, Race, and Urban Inequal- ity (2004-2009)

Directed by Kathleen Hall, Annenberg School for Communication; Michael Katz, School of Arts and Sciences; Wendell Pritchett, School of Law; and Mark Stern, School of Social Policy and Practice. Michael Katz and forum member, Domenic Vitiello, Above: Penn IUR Faculty Fellow Harris Steinberg, photo: Stuart Watson School of Design, published Recent Immigration

Opposite (clockwise from top left): 1) Penn IUR Faculty Fellows Michael B. Katz and and Dominic Vitiello, photo: Stuart Watson 2) Penn IUR Faculty Fellow Brian Spooner 3) Penn IUR Faculty Fellow Eileen Sulivan Marx, photo: Stuart Watson 4) Penn IUR Faculty Fellow Mark Stern, 26 photo: Greenhouse Media 27 Penn IUR as Voice

In serving as a voice for urban research, Penn IUR has undertaken several activities: sponsoring publications; developing the Penn IUR Annual Urban Leadership Award, a recognition of exemplary work; and employing digital communications (website, social media and video) to disseminate urban research to the broadest audiences possible.

1) Susan M. Wachter and Marvin M. Smith, Editors, The American Mortgage System: Crisis and Reform (Penn Press, 2011) # $ % " & 2) John Timoney, Beat Cop to Top Cop: A Tale of Three Cities, (Penn Press, 2011) 3) Judith Rodin, The University and Urban Revival: Out of the Ivory Tower and Into the Streets (Penn Press, 2007) 4) Michael B. Katz, Why Don’t American Cities Burn? ' () (Penn Press, 2011) 5) The Annals of the American Society of Political and Social Science, November 2009 6) Marina Peterson, Sound, Space, and the City: Civic Performance in Downtown Los Angeles (Penn Press, 2010) 7) Martin Krieger, Urban Tomog- * "+ raphies (Penn Press, 2011) 8) Thomas S. Robertson, Dean of The Wharton School, photo: Greenhouse Media 9) 2009 Penn IUR Urban Leadership Awardees Bruce Katz, Shirley Franklin and Parris Glendening, photo: Greenhouse Media 10) Jon Calame and Esther Charlesworth, Divided Cities: Belfast, Beirut, Jerusalem, Mostar, and Nicosia (Penn Press, 2009) Penn IUR as Voice

*Harriet B. Newburger, Eugénie L. Birch, and Susan An Assessment of How Cities Create and Transfer PENN IUR M. Wachter, Editors, Neighborhood and Life Knowledge: A Landscape Study. 2011 (funded by PUBLICATIONS Chances: How Place Matters in Modern America the Rockefeller Foundation). (hc 2011) No More Vacancy: A Look at the Costs Vacant Land Marina Peterson, Sound, Space, and the City: Imposes on the City of Philadelphia and its Resi- Penn IUR publications include the City in the 21st Century series with Civic Performance in Downtown Los Ange- dents, and the Bene"ts From Reforming the Way les (hc 2010) It Is Managed. 2010 (with Econsult for the City of Penn Press, reports, white papers, and special issues of scholarly journals. Philadelphia, Redevelopment Authority). Judith Rodin, The University and Urban Revival: Out

The City in the 21st Century, Penn Press *Eugénie L. Birch and Susan M. Wachter, Editors, of the Ivory Tower and Into the Streets (hc 2007) Book Series Global Urbanization (hc 2011) John Timoney, Beat Cop to Top Cop: A Tale of Penn IUR White Papers Series on Sustainable Urban Development The City in the 21st Century is an interdisciplinary Edward J. Blakely, My Storm: Managing the Re- Three Cities (hc 2010) series of books, published by Penn Press, address- covery of New Orleans in the Wake of Katrina *Susan M. Wachter and Marvin M. Smith, Editors, This white paper series was inaugurated in July 2011 ing both topical and long-range issues confronting (hc Dec 2011) The American Mortgage System: Crisis and with the Penn IUR Executive Committee serving as the world’s cities, from disaster response to cultural the editorial board. It will feature scholarly papers Peter Brown, America’s Waterfront Revival: Port Reform (hc 2011) coexistence, from civic engagement to urban revital- from Penn IUR Faculty Fellows, other Penn faculty, Authorities and Urban Redevelopment (hc 2008) ization. The following nineteen volumes have been and scholars from around the globe on a broad published and a number of volumes are in various Jon Calame and Esther Charlesworth, Divided Cities: Penn IUR Reports range of issues pertaining to urban sustainability. stages of production. Penn IUR develops books from Belfast, Beirut, Jerusalem, Mostar, and Nicosia These are publications that Penn IUR has published Laura Wolf-Powers. Human Capital-Centered Re- papers and presentations presented at Penn IUR (hc 2009) and made available on Amazon, where hardcopies gionalism in Economic Development: A Case of National Impact Conferences (titles marked with an Ram Cnaan, The Other Philadelphia Story: How can be ordered, and on its website for free down- Analytics Outpacing Institutions?, 2011. asterisk) and seeks titles from Penn faculty as well Local Congregations Support Quality of Life in load. They address timely urban topics, are aimed as other renowned scholars and thought-leaders. Eugénie L. Birch and Amy Lynch. Sustainable Devel- Urban America (hc 2006) at a smaller issue-oriented audience, and are made opment Indicators: State of the Art and Its Poten- Roger D. Abrahams. With Nick Spitzer, John F. available on a short timeframe. Michael B. Katz, Why Don’t American Cities Burn? tial Congruence With U.S. Department of Hous- Szwed, and Robert Farris Thompson, Blues for (hc Dec 2011) The Penn Resolution: Educating Urban Designers for ing and Sustainable Communities Initiatives. 2011. New Orleans: Mardi Gras and America’s Creole Post-Carbon Cities. Penn Institute for Urban Re- Soul (hc 2006) Scott Gabriel Knowles, The Disaster Experts: Mas- search, 2011 (expanded from the 2008 manifesto tering Risk in Modern America (hc Aug 2011) *Elijah Anderson, Editor, Against the Wall: Poor, by the same name). Scholarly Journals Special Issues Young, Black, and Male (hc 2008, pb 2009) Martin Krieger, Urban Tomographies (hc 2011) Retooling HUD for a Catalytic Government: A Report Penn IUR has worked with journal editors to pro- *Eugénie L. Birch and Susan M. Wachter, Editors, Gary McDonogh and Marina Peterson, Editors, to Secretary Shaun Donovan. Penn Institute for duce topical special-issue journals. Rebuilding Urban Places After Disaster: Lessons Global Downtowns (hc Dec 2011) Urban Research, 2009. “The Shape of the New American City,” The Annals from Hurricane Katrina (pb 2006) *Afaf Ibrahim Meleis, Eugénie L. Birch, and Susan of the American Academy of Political and Social

*Eugénie L. Birch and Susan M. Wachter, Editors, M. Wachter, Editors, Women’s Health and the Sciences. November 2009; 626 (1). Penn IUR Grant-Supported White Papers Growing Greener Cities: Urban Sustainability in World’s Cities (hc Sep 2011) “Centennial Edition,” Journal of the American Plan- the Twenty-First Century (pb 2008) These white papers have been developed as part ning Association, 2009. of research grants and/or contracts and are freely available on the Penn IUR website.

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2009 Forum 2011 Forum PENN IUR ANNUAL URBAN Building Competitive and Sustainable Cities Building The Sustainable Community LEADERSHIP AWARD AND FORUM Awardees: Awardees: Shirley Franklin, Mayor, City of Atlanta, Georgia Raphael Bostic, Assistant Secretary for Policy Devel- Parris Glendening, President, Smart Growth Leader- opment and Research, U.S. Department of Housing ship Institute; former Governor, Maryland Each year, through the Penn IUR Annual Urban Leadership Award and Fo- and Urban Development Bruce Katz, Vice President and Founding Direc- Henry Cisneros, Executive Chairman, CityView, and rum the Institute recognizes exemplary innovators who have demonstrat- tor of the Metropolitan Policy Program, The former Secretary, U.S. Department of Housing and Brookings Institution ed the vision and leadership necessary to revitalize urban centers, respond Urban Development Jane Golden, Executive Director, City of Philadelphia to urban crises, and champion sustainable development and social inclu- 2010 Forum Mural Arts Program sion in urban areas across the United States and around the globe.Penn Making Metropolitan American Sustainable John Timoney, former Miami Chief of Police and Awardee: author, Beat Cop to Top Cop: A Tale of Three Cities IUR publications include the City in the 21st Century series with Penn William Hudnut III, Senior Fellow Emeritus, Urban Press, reports, white papers, and special issues of scholarly journals. Land Institute; former Mayor, Indianapolis, Indiana

2005 Forum South Carolina The Role of Mayors in Urban Transformation Michael DiBerardinis, Secretary, Pennsylvania De- partment of Conservation and Natural Resources Awardees: Manuel A. Diaz, Mayor, City of Miami Stephen Goldsmith, Former Mayor, 2008 Forum City of Indianapolis Perspectives on Urban Leadership: Intersecting Marc H. Morial, Former Mayor, City of New Orleans Theory and Practice John F. Street, Mayor, City of Philadelphia Awardees: Edward J. Blakely, Executive Director, Mayor’s O/ce 2006 Forum of Recovery and Development Administration, City Leadership in the Face of Disaster of New Orleans M. Susan Savage, Secretary of State, Oklahoma Awardees: Photos (clockwise from top left): Donna E. Shalala, President, University of Miami; 1) 2011 Penn IUR Urban Leadership Awardees Raphael Bostic and Jane Golden photo: James Lee Witt, Chairman and CEO, James Lee Greenhouse Media 2) 2008 Penn IUR Urban Leadership Awardee Susan Savage, former Secretary, U.S. Department of Heath and Witt Associates, a Part of GlobalOptions Group photo: Stuart Watson 3) audience at the 2010 Penn IUR Urban Leadership Award, Human Services photo: Greenhouse Media 4) 2010 Penn IUR Urban Leadership Award, board member Brent Warr, Mayor, City of Gulfport, Mississippi Mark Rosenberg, photo: Greenhouse Media 5) 2010 Penn IUR Urban Leadership Loree D. Jones, Secretary of External A-airs, O/ce Award panelists: William Hudnut, Paul Levy, Carl Greene, Terry Gillen, photo: Green- of the Mayor, Philadelphia house Media (center): 2007 Penn IUR Urban Leadership Award commentator Gerry Sweeney, President and CEO of Brandywine Realty Trust, photo: Stuart Watson

2007 Forum Urban Design and Sustainability Awardees: Joseph P. Riley, Jr., Mayor, City of Charleston,

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In its function as a laboratory, Penn IUR engages in research and associ- ated projects, selected to promote increased knowledge and understand- ing of its thematic interests, and participates in several instructional ef- forts. We engage in other collaborative e-orts at the local, national, and international levels that promote exploration of new urban knowledge and civic engagement. Through participation in or encouragement of selected instructional activities, we support teaching and training students at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

1) West Philadelphia, photo: Greenhouse Media 2) Penn IUR Public Interest Event attendee, photo: Lindsay MacDonald " and Next American City magazine 3) Penn IUR Faculty Fellow Georgette Phillips speaking at National Impact Conference 4) Gasworks Park, Seattle 5) Penn IUR Faculty Fellow Gary Hack 6) Penn IUR Expert Roundtable, 2010 Mayors Institute on # City Design $

% & ' Penn IUR as Laboratory RESEARCH AND The “Urbanization Knowledge Partnership,” Spatial Integration Laboratory for Urban Systems (UrbKP), which o/cially launched July 1, 2011 in sev- Penn IUR has partnered with the Wharton GIS Lab ASSOCIATED PROJECTS eral places around the world, is a web-based portal on a research collaborative, the Spatial Integration developed and funded by the World Bank’s Urban Laboratory for Urban Systems (SILUS), funded Sector. The Knowledge Partnership project is envis- through the U.S. Geological Survey, and estab- aged to involve a series of knowledge exchanges Penn IUR has engaged in research and associated projects focused on lished in 2004, to study ecological, environmental, that take place periodically between practitioners, and socioeconomic issues involved in urban and three organizing themes: informing the sustainable city, fostering innova- policymakers, academics, and knowledge brokers regional development. (such as the Bank) around the world – all of whom tive urban development strategies, and illuminating the role of anchor are considered members of the partnership. Topics institutions in urban places. This work has taken many forms including un- for each knowledge exchange will center on the Greater Philadelphia Innovation Cluster for Energy E"cient Buildings: Knowledge Platform dertaking basic research, developing databases and monitoring systems, four core themes of Economic Development, Social Inclusion and Mobility, Environmental Sustainabil- Penn IUR has joined other departments across the writing case studies, and other activities. In addition, Penn IUR has partici- ity, and Governance, and will be proposed by the university as a member of the Greater Philadelphia pated in creating new laboratories with collaborators focused on address- partnership members themselves. These knowledge Innovation Cluster for Energy E/cient Buildings exchanges, and subsequent discussion and network- (GPIC), a Department of Energy-funded “energy ing speci,c issues of international or national importance. Below are some ing, will be conducted via cutting-edge technology innovation hub.” GPIC is focused on developing new examples, organized around Penn IUR’s thematic interests. and online audio-visual meeting tools. The Urbaniza- research on energy-e/cient retro,ts for commercial tion Knowledge Partnership project is on the web at buildings, with Penn IUR building the GPIC Knowl- www.urbanknowledge.org. edge Platform, a repository of policy and practice, as Informing the Sustainable City ited by Eugénie L Birch and Susan M. Wachter. Two part of the “Policy, Markets and Behavior” team. The Penn IUR events have emerged from this research team objective is to transform the uptake of innova- initiative. In April 2010, Penn IUR, partnered with Sustainability Indicators Urban Research for Global Cities tions in retro,t technology throughout the nation. the School of Nursing, under the leadership of Dean Penn IUR has joined with the Sustainable Urban De- With support from the Rockefeller Foundation, Afaf Meleis, to host the National Impact Confer- velopment Working Group (convened by HUD, the Penn IUR has undertaken a multiyear study focused ence “Cities and Women’s Health: Global Perspec- White House O/ce of Urban A-airs, and the Ford on understanding and improving the mechanisms tives.” In September 2011, Penn IUR partnered with Foundation) to support the review of sustainability Fostering Innovative Urban through which cities transfer knowledge and best the East-West Center to host the Expert Round- indicator systems throughout the U.S. and Canada. Development Strategies practices surrounding sustainable urban develop- table “Changing Cities: Linking Global Knowledge Working with the APA, the Penn IUR team conduct- ment. The ,ndings are documented in the Penn to Local Action.” ed an environmental scan and analysis of existing Penn IUR Task Force on Improving HUD’s IUR 2011 white paper An Assessment of How Cities sustainability indicator systems, ultimately present- Vision and Programs Create and Transfer Knowledge: A Landscape Study. ing a lean set of operational and consistent indica- Under the leadership of Paul Brophy, Penn Visit- This work builds on Penn IUR’s broader involve- Disseminating Knowledge About tors currently in use. The objective is that a more ing Professor of City Planning, Penn IUR convened ment with the Rockefeller Foundation’s 2007 Global Global Urbanization consolidated set of indicators can be employed by task forces to reposition the agency to meet today’s Urban Summit at the Bellagio Center in Italy, where Penn IUR is a core partner in the World Bank’s new U.S. cities and regions in order to develop increas- needs. Joined by Rachel Godsil, Eleanor Bontecou Penn IUR developed the weeklong session “Toward Urbanization Knowledge Partnership project, with ingly evidence-based sustainability policies, as well Professor of Law, Seton Hall University, Brophy a Twenty-First-Century Urban Agenda,” which other institutions including the Indian Institute for as to support the implementation and evaluation of headed a group of more than 100 experts organized resulted in the 2011 Penn Press/City in the 21st Human Settlements, the Cities Alliance, and the existing national programs, such as the HUD-DOT- into task forces. The e-ort involved several Penn Century series publication Global Urbanization, ed- McKinsey & Company Global Institute. EPA Partnership for Sustainable Communities. faculty, including Ira Harkavy, Founding Director, Net-

36 37 Penn IUR as Laboratory ter Center for Community Partnerships, who headed ers of the Penn IUR Faculty Forum on “Immigration, to deconcentrate poverty and public housing units Philadelphia 360° the Task Force on Anchor Institutions as Drivers of Race and Urban Inequality,” researched and pub- throughout their metropolitan regions. The study Made possible by funding by the William Penn Neighborhood Economic Development, and Wendell lished the 2008 report (with contributions from Au- also examines the role of strategic planning and the Foundation, Philadelphia 360° examined the con- Pritchett, former Professor of Law, who headed the drey Singer and David Park) “Recent Immigration to impact of federal regulatory changes. temporary planning and economic issues speci,c Task Force on Strengthening America’s Neighbor- Philadelphia: Regional Change and Response,” with to Philadelphia and its anchor institutions through a hoods. Susan Wachter (former HUD Assistant Sec- the Brookings Institution’s Metropolitan Policy Pro- public lecture series, graduate-level seminar, expert retary) served on the housing ,nance task force, and gram. Professors Katz and Vitiello, along with other events, and case studies. Eugénie Birch was a member of the anchors group. members of the Faculty Forum on “Immigration, Illuminating the Role of Anchor Institutions Other participants include Roseanne Haggerty, Race and Urban Inequality,” have begun pursuing

President, Common Ground, who led the Task Force three of the report’s recommendations: the creation Penn IUR Case Studies on Anchor Institutions Collaborative E!orts on Meeting the Needs of the Hard to House, and of a central data clearinghouse on immigration, the Anchor institutions are economic engines for Penn IUR has either initiated or been invited to Dan Kildee, Treasurer, Genessee County, Michigan, formation of a metro council on immigration, and cities and regions, acting as real estate develop- participate in other collaborative e-orts that serve a who headed the Task Force on Improving Communi- the development of a conference focusing on issues ers, employers, purchasers of goods, magnets for laboratory function. These activities function at the ties Impacted by Foreclosures. of integrating immigrants in the 21st-century city. complementary businesses, community-builders, university (local), national and international levels. and developers of human capital. The place-based Below are examples.

Study of Philadelphia’s Vacant Land Philadelphia House Price Indices nature of anchor institutions, such as universities, hospitals, and cultural centers, makes them impor- The Redevelopment Authority (RDA) engaged Penn In partnership with Econsult Corporation, Penn Center for Globalization Studies in an Urban World tant players in city building. Anchor institutions can IUR to estimate the costs of vacant land to the city IUR disseminates quarterly House Price Indices for transform a local economic base, creating industry- The Center for Globalization in an Urban World and to assess the feasibility of urban agriculture on Philadelphia and its neighborhoods as well as the based clusters that multiply their economic impact (GUW) is co-directed by Brian Spooner, Professor vacant land owned by the RDA. No More Vacancy: Philadelphia region. The only publicly available house many times over. Strengthening these institutions of Anthropology, School of Arts and Sciences, and A Look at the Costs Vacant Land Imposes on the price index for the Philadelphia metropolitan region, is important to ensuring successful urban revital- Mauro Guillen, the Dr. Felix Zandman Professor in City of Philadelphia and its Residents, and the the indicies are used to assess, measure, and track ization strategies. Penn IUR has secured gifts and International Management; Professor of Manage- Bene,ts From Reforming the Way It Is Managed, house price changes and housing market health. grants to develop cases on anchor institutions in ment and Sociology; Director, Joseph H. Lauder the ,nal study issued in November 2010, attributes urban development. Institute for Management & International Studies. losses of $3.6 billion in reduced property values Community Solutions, Public Housing Innovations With the support of the Provost’s O/ce, Penn IUR and $70 million in property taxes to current vacant Penn IUR’s Case Studies on Anchor Institutions for New York City established the Center in 2010 to serve as an identi- land management and calls for reforms citing the come from three content areas: 1) the Livingston ,able “node” to support inter- and intradisciplinary potential to activate new construction having an Community Solutions, a joint venture of Penn IUR Case Studies, which focus on speci,c issues of research and teaching relating to globalization annual economic impact of $180 million. The study and the Rosenberg Housing Group, provided case anchor institution development and real estate throughout the University of Pennsylvania campus. proposes a method to make vacant land available for study analysis on the innovative strategies of the transactions, 2) Penn IUR Roundtable on Anchor The Center’s website is http://globalizationstudies. urban agriculture as well so that neighborhoods can Housing Authority of Portland, Oregon, and the Institutions (PRAI) cases, which highlight best sas.upenn.edu enjoy the positive amenities of a cleaned, greened, Louisville, Kentucky, Metro Housing Authority in the practices and challenges facing major cultural and productive land parcel. report, “Repositioning Public Housing: Strategies educational urban anchors, and 3) Philadelphia 360˚ and Practices” (2007). It provides lessons for other cases, which analyze critical development challenges National Anchor Institution Task Force jurisdictions and for HUD. The study highlights the facing economic development around Philadelphia’s Penn IUR’s Co-Directors Birch and Wachter, along Recent Immigration to Philadelphia: Regional authorities’ Moving to Work (MTW) programs and anchors. All of the cases aim to address both higher with Ira Harkavy, Director of Penn’s Netter Center Change and Response their use of countywide jurisdiction to expand hous- education and civic audiences. for Community Partnerships, are among the co- Professors Michael Katz and Domenic Vitiello, lead- ing opportunities for low-income households and founders of the National Anchor Institution Task

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Force. The Task Force is a permanent organization ○ Complementing philanthropic strat- created to develop and disseminate knowledge that egies to support and strengthen INSTRUCTIONAL assists in the creation and advancement of demo- vulnerable communities. SUPPORT cratic, mutually bene,cial anchor-institution commu- nity partnerships by: UN-HABITAT World Urban Campaign ○ Bringing together a group of scholars, uni- In pursuing its urban research agenda, Penn IUR has identi,ed gaps in uni- In October 2010, Penn IUR became a partner of versity presidents and other leaders in higher UN-HABITAT’s World Urban Campaign, a global education, and practitioners; versity course o-erings to build knowledge or experience related to urban coalition of public, private, and civil society partners research methods. Penn IUR ,lled these gaps through new instructional ○ Increasing cooperation and alignment among that promotes exemplary sustainable urban develop- government, anchor institutions, businesses, ment policies, strategies and practices from around programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels as well as network- schools, community organizations, and philan- the globe. The campaign was launched at the ,fth building and collaborative doctoral activities. thropy in order to improve communities; World Urban Forum in Rio de Janeiro in March 2010, where Eugénie Birch was elected co-chair of ○ Developing strategies to promote interagency The Penn IUR Undergraduate sion of the Penn IUR UURC project or in other areas. the WUC Steering Committee. In this capacity, she government collaboration; Urban Research Colloquium To date, 69 students from all four of Penn’s under- is also a member of the board of the UN-HABITAT graduate schools (Arts and Sciences, Engineering, ○ Providing tools for anchor institutions to University Partnership. Among the World Urban The Penn IUR Undergraduate Urban Research Nursing, and Wharton) have collaborated with 40 enhance their societal missions, address lo- Campaign activities are advancing benchmarking Colloquium (UURC) is a course designed to link faculty from eight schools (Design, Education, Medi- cal needs, as well as strengthen democratic, tools and methods, supporting global observatories faculty conducting urban-focused scholarship with cine, Nursing, Arts and Sciences, Engineering, Social mutually bene,cial partnerships between of good policies and enabling legislation. undergraduates that have an interest in developing Policy and Practice, and Wharton) as a direct result institutions of higher education, schools, and research skills in a semester-long, credit-bearing of the Penn IUR UURC course. (see sidebar) community based organizations; seminar. The course is cross-listed between the School of Design’s Department of City and Regional ○ Providing tools for anchor institutions to help Planning and the School of Arts and Sciences’ Master of Urban Spatial Analytics students develop as democratic citizens who Urban Studies program. Students and faculty from are lifelong contributors to communities and The Master of Urban Spatial Analytics (MUSA), a all across the university are invited to participate. the nation’s well-being; and graduate program Penn IUR launched to integrate Research topics have included the ethnographic urban research with GIS-based analysis, is adminis- study of Philadelphia nightlife, barriers to walking in tered by the School of Design in cooperation with disadvantaged neighborhoods, local and global food Penn IUR and overseen by the University-wide and water security, African-American Muslim iden- MUSA Academic Committee. From the spring of tity and civic engagement, homelessness and com- 2005, when the program was approved by the munity development corporations in Philadelphia, University’s Board of Trustees, through the fall public health in India, public schools in Philadelphia, 2008 semester, MUSA was housed in the Col- and the social history and spatial mapping of anchor lege of Liberal and Professional Studies and was a urban institutions. pioneering partnership between the School of Arts Penn IUR UURC student-faculty collaborations and Sciences, the School of Engineering, and the have yielded publications in refereed journals, lever- School of Design, who jointly provided instruction. In aged other research funding, and prepared under- January 2009, the program was moved to Design in graduates to pursue original research as an exten-

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order to provide a supportive and cohesive scholarly ○ A study of the spatial incidence of mortgage ○ The Reinvestment Fund, Philadelphia The Symposium includes a panel discussion community. However, it stills draws on teaching and foreclosures in Philadelphia followed by lunch on the Friday prior to graduation. Other MUSA graduates have gone on for their research faculty from the original three schools and To date, 71 Ph.D. recipients from seven schools have ○ An analysis of the e-ect of hospital de- Ph.D. degree. To date, 76 students have participated has expanded to include faculty from the Wharton presented their work. Among the presenters have livery unit closures on spatial birth pat- in the program. (see sidebar) School and the Perelman School of Medicine. John been Christopher Klemek, History ’04, who spoke on terns in Philadelphia Landis, Department Chair and Crossways Professor modernist urbanism in postwar and America;

of City and Regional Planning, directs the program ○ An analysis of the spatial incidence and Doctoral Activities Kevin Gillen, Wharton ’05, who spoke on the e-ect while Amy Hillier, professor of City and Regional of housing vouchers on Philadelphia real estate mar- causes of tra/c accidents in Philadelphia In the doctoral area, Penn IUR plays a supportive Planning, serves as an advisor to MUSA students. kets; Hassan Rodoine, Architecture ’06, who spoke role. We have designed two annual programs to ○ Development of a model of optimal cupcake on de,nitions of “city” in Morocco; Elizabeth Green- While many universities o-er GIS certi,cates in introduce, integrate, and support neophyte urban- bakery locations span, Anthropology ’07, who spoke on the memori- geography that are predominantly environmentally focused researchers at Penn. The Penn IUR Urban alization at the World Trade Center site; Rene Luis focused, or master’s of city planning degrees with a ○ An analysis of the e-ects of spatial isolation Doctoral Student Convening, a reception for all Alvarez, History ’08, who spoke on the schooling of heavy dose of GIS, none has a program like MUSA. on mental health Ph.D. students and their faculty advisors held in the Mexican-Americans in Chicago; Dan Moscovici, City The uniqueness of MUSA lies in its blending of early winter, aims to create a network of urban- MUSA graduates work in a wide variety of com- and Regional Planning ’09, who spoke on the e-ects GIS-based applications with a wide range of urban- focused researchers across the university. The Penn panies, agencies, and service providers, among them: of land preservation on the economy and environ- related disciplinary interests including public health, Urban Doctoral Symposium, jointly hosted by the ment in the U.S.’s northeast forests; Clarisse Haxton, criminology, transportation, economic development, ○ Bank of America Urban Studies program, shares and celebrates the Education and Sociology ’10, who spoke on the role education, and real estate. knowledge created by Penn’s newest scholars, its ○ The U.S. Census Bureau of families and schools in Philadelphia’s high school For full-time students, the MUSA degree pro- graduating Ph.D. candidates. The Penn IUR Doc- application process; and Lia Howard, Political Sci- gram is designed to be completed in two semesters. ○ City of Baltimore Data Collaborative toral Associates Directory is an online listing in ence ’11, who spoke about Federalism and its role in Working students may enroll in the MUSA program the “Associates” section of the Penn IUR website ○ Kittelson & Associ- compulsory school attendance and related policies. on a part-time basis. Most part-time MUSA students dedicated to current doctoral students from across ates, Transportation Analysts take two years to complete their degrees. All the University researching various dimensions of students complete a ,nal capstone project that inte- ○ Research for Action, Philadelphia urbanism. It allows urban-focused doctoral students grates spatial analysis and urban content knowledge to locate one another and support each other during ○ ESRI, North Carolina around a project of each student’s choosing. Recent their time at Penn.

capstone projects have included: ○ Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

Penn IUR UURC Research Leads to Publications MUSA Alumni Make Their Mark

Thomas Sugrue, Penn IUR Faculty Fellow and David Boies Professor of History and Sociology and his student mentee, Pravin Mathur, who received his Master of Urban Spatial Analytics 2007, has found a professional niche Andrew Goodman (SAS ’06), conducted research on the 1960s race riots in Plains,eld, N.J., as part of the spring 2005 Penn IUR in urban-applied advanced local government management. Upon graduation, he was hired by Rich- UURC. They ,rst published the research as a co-authored piece: “Plain,eld Burning: Black Rebellion in the Suburban North,” Jour- mond, Virginia, as the city’s Cityworks GIS Asset Manager to oversee the Enterprise Asset Management nal of Urban History 33 (May 2007), 568-601, work that helped inform Sugrue’s later book, Sweet Land of Liberty: The Forgotten (EAM) system for Richmond’s physical infrastructure. He also works on special programs for citizen Struggle for Civil Rights in the North (Random House, 2008). engagement, public policy and long-term development. Pravin’s MUSA capstone project, Agent-Based Modeling of Urban Phenomena in GIS, examined the feasibility and utility of implementing Agent-Based David Grazian, Associate Professor of Sociology, used the research he produced with student mentee Rebecca Aronson (SAS Modeling and Simulation (ABMS) with GIS in order to simulate selected urban growth processes. ’05) on young people’s experiences consuming urban nightlife in his book On the Make: The Hustle of Nightlife (Chicago: Univer- sity of Chicago42 Press, 2008). 43 Photo: Pravin Mathur PENN IUR FACULTY FELLOWS

Through the Penn IUR Faculty Fellows program, the Institute fosters an environment that encourages cross-disciplinary connections and nurtures a collaborative spirit among faculty from across the University. This program identi,es faculty with a demonstrated interest in urban research and provides research and communication services. Currently, Penn IUR has attracted 73 Penn IUR Faculty Fellows from Annenberg, Arts and Sciences, Design, Education, Engineering, Law, Medicine, Nursing, Social Policy and Practice, Veterinary Medicine, and Wharton. Every year we inaugurate new Fellows based on their participation in Penn IUR programs and new urban-focused research.

Linda Aiken, Claire M. Fagin Leadership Profes- Tom Daniels, Professor of City and Regional Shaun Harper, Associate Professor, Director, sor in Nursing, Professor of Sociology, and Direc- Planning; Director of the Certi,cate in Land Pres- Center for the Study of Race and Equity in Edu- tor of the Center for Health Outcomes and Policy ervation Program, City and Regional Planning, cation, Graduate School of Education Research, Nursing Science, School of Nursing School of Design Amy Hillier, Assistant Professor; Co-Director, Jonathan Barnett, Professor of Practice, City John DiIulio, Frederic Fox Leadership Professor Cartographic Modeling Laboratory, City and and Regional Planning, School of Design of Politics, Religion, and Civil Society, and Profes- Regional Planning, School of Design

David Bell, Xinmei Zhang and Yongge Dai Profes- sor of Political Science, Political Science, School Renata Holod, College of Women Class of sor, Professor of Marketing, Marketing, The of Arts and Sciences 1963 Professor, History of Art, School of Arts Wharton School Fernando Ferreira, Associate Professor, Real and Sciences

Eugénie Birch, Lawrence C. Nussdorf Professor Estate, The Wharton School John Jackson, Richard Perry University Profes- of Urban Research and Education, Chair of Kenneth Foster, Professor, Bioengineering, sor of Communication and Anthropology, the Graduate Group in City Planning, City and School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Anthropology, School of Arts and Sciences Regional Planning, School of Design Vivian Gadsen, William T. Carter Professor of Michael Katz, Walter H. Annenberg Professor Philippe Bourgois, Richard Perry University Child Development and Education, Director of of History, Interim Department Chair, History, Professor of Anthropology and Family and Com- National Center on Fathers and Families, Associ- School of Arts and Sciences munity Medicine, Anthropology, School of Arts ate Director, National Center on Adult Literacy, John Keene, Professor Emeritus of City and and Sciences Graduate School of Education Regional Planning, City and Regional Planning, Charles Branas, Associate Professor of Epidemi- Richard Gelles, Dean, The Joanne and Raymond School of Design ology, Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Perelman Welsh Chair of Child Welfare and Family Alan Kelly, Gilbert S. Kahn Dean Emeritus, School of Medicine Violence, Social Welfare, School of Social Policy Department of Pathobiology, School of Lawrence Brown, Miers Busch Profes- and Practice Veterinary Medicine sor and Professor of Statistics, Statistics, Edward George, Universal Furniture Professor, Shiriki Kumanyika, Professor, Biostatistics and The Wharton School Statistics, The Wharton School Epidemiology, Perelman School of Medicine David Brownlee, Frances Shapiro-Weitzen- Bob Giegengack, Professor Emeritus, Earth John Landis, Crossways Professor of City and ho-er Professor, History of Art, School of Arts and Environmental Science, School of Arts Regional Planning; Department Chair; Urban and Sciences and Sciences Spatial Analytics Academic Director, City and Carolyn Cannuscio, Assistant Professor of Family David Grazian, Associate Professor of Sociology, Regional Planning, School of Design Medicine and Community Health, Public Health, Sociology, School of Arts and Sciences David Leatherbarrow, Professor of Architecture; Perelman School of Medicine Mauro Guillen, Dr. Felix Zandman Professor of Chair, Graduate Group in Architecture, City and Virginia Chang, Assistant Professor of International Management, Director, Lauder Insti- Regional Planning, School of Design Medicine, General Internal Medicine, Perelman tute, Management, The Wharton School Lynn Hollen Lees, Professor of History; Co- School of Medicine Joe Gyourko, Martin Bucksbaum Professor of Director of the Joseph H. Lauder Institute of Camille Z. Charles, Edmund J. and Louise W. Real Estate; Chairperson, Real Estate Depart- Management and International Studies, History, Kahn Term Professor in the Social Sciences, ment, Real Estate, The Wharton School School of Arts and Sciences Professor of Sociology, Director of The Center Gary Hack, Professor Emeritus of City and Walter Licht, Walter H. Annenberg Professor of for Africana Studies, Sociology, School of Arts Regional Planning, City and Regional Planning, History, History, School of Arts and Sciences and Sciences School of Design John MacDonald, Chair, Department of Ram Cnaan, Associate Dean for Research, Kathleen Hall, Associate Professor of Education Criminology, Associate Professor of Criminology, Professor, and Chair of the Doctoral Program in and Anthropology, Director of South Asia Center, Undergraduate Chair, Criminology, School of Arts Social Welfare, Social Welfare, School of Social Graduate School of Education and Sciences Policy and Practice Ira Harkavy, Founding Director and Associate Janice Madden, Robert C. Daniels Foundation Dennis Culhane, Professor, School of Social Vice President, Netter Center for Community Term Professor of Urban Studies, Regional Policy; Co-Director, Cartographic Modeling Partnerships, Senior Fellow, Leonard Davis Science, Sociology and Real Estate, Associate Laboratory, Social Policy, School of Social Policy Institute of Health Economics, Public Health, Chair, Sociology, School of Arts and Sciences and Practice Perelman School of Medicine (and The Wharton School)

45 Randall Mason, Associate Professor and Chair, Diana Slaughter-Defoe, Constance E. Clayton Dana Tomlin, Professor of Landscape Architec- Je-rey M. Weingarten Philip Pilevsky The Richard Paul and Ellen Schapps Richman

Historic Preservation, School of Design Professor in Urban Education, Graduate School ture; Co-Director, Cartographic Modeling Labora- John & Susan Livingston Regional Plan Association Private Family Trust Foundation of Education tory, Landscape Architecture, School of Design Rebecca Maynard, University Trustee Professor Lawrence C. Nussdorf & Melanie Franco Richard & Ellen Richman The Integral Group LLC of Education and Social Policy, Graduate School Tony Smith, Professor of Systems Engineering Domenic Vitiello, Assistant Professor, City and Nussdorf Robert Tracy Resource Real Estate of Education and Regional Science, Electrical and Sys- Regional Planning, School of Design Lincoln Institute for Land Policy RRE Opportunity REIT, Inc. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Afaf Meleis, Margaret Bond Simon Dean of Nurs- tems Engineering, School of Engineering and Vukan Vuchic, UPS Foundation Professor of Marilyn & Michael Glosserman The Rockefeller Foundation ing, Nursing Science, School of Nursing Applied Sciences Transportation Engineering, Electrical and Russell Lidner Mark and Rochelle Rosenberg U.S. Department of Energy Georgette Phillips, David B. Ford Professor of Brian Spooner, Professor, Anthropology, School Systems Engineering, School of Engineering and Susan Block Casdin & Alexander Casdin of Arts and Sciences Applied Sciences Real Estate; Professor of Legal Studies and Law, Mark Bulmash Susan Wilen U.S. Geological Survey Vice Dean, The Wharton School Undergradu- Harris Steinberg, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Susan Wachter, Richard B. Worley Professor of Martha W. Gross The Annie Casey Foundation Urban Land Institute - Philadelphia ate Division, Real Estate, The Wharton School; City and Regional Planning, School of Design Financial Management; Professor of Real Estate Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and The Crossways Foundation Virginia Hepner & Malcolm Barnes Professor of Law, The Law School Nancy Steinhardt, Professor of East Asian Art, and Finance, Real Estate, The Wharton School Natural Resources William Penn Foundation Laura Perna, Professor, Graduate School East Asian Languages and Civilizations, School of Rachel Weinberger, Assistant Professor, City and The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Pennsylvania Horticultural Society of Education Arts and Sciences Regional Planning, School of Design

John Puckett, Professor and Chair, Policy, Mark Stern, Professor, Kenneth L.M. Pray Richard Wesley, Adjunct Professor of Archi- Measurement, and Education, Graduate School Chair, Social Welfare, School of Social Policy tecture, Undergraduate Chair of Architecture, of Education and Practice Architecture, School of Design

Janet Rothenberg-Pack, Professor of Business Thomas Sugrue, David Boies Professor of Douglas Wiebe, Assistant Professor of Epi- PENN IUR CONSULTATIVE BOARDS and Public Policy, Business and Public Policy, The History and Sociology, History, School of Arts demiology; Senior Scholar, Center for Clinical Wharton School and Sciences Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Epidemiology and The Penn Institute for Urban Research is governed by an Advisory Board of leaders in the ,eld from around the country and Witold Rybczynski, Director, Real Estate Design Eileen Sullivan-Marx, Professor of Scholarly Biostatistics, Perelman School of Medicine an Executive Committee composed of deans, faculty, and university administrators. and Development; Martin and Margy Meyerson Practice, Associate Dean for Practice & Commu- Laura Wolf-Powers, Assistant Professor, City Professor of Urbanism; Professor of Real Estate, nity A-airs, and Shearer Endowed Term Chair for and Regional Planning, School of Design Architecture, School of Design Philip Pilevsky, President & CEO, mond Welsh Chair of Child Welfare and Family, Healthy Community Practices, Nursing Science, Robert Yaro, Professor of Practice, City and Penn IUR Advisory Board Philips International School of Social Policy and Practice Albert Saiz, Assistant Professor, Real Estate, The School of Nursing Regional Planning, School of Design Chair: Egbert Perry, Chairman & CEO, The Wharton School Marilyn Jordan Taylor, Dean and Paley Profes- Richard P. Richman, Chairman, The Richman Michael Gibbons, Deputy Dean and I.W. Burn- Integral Group, LLC Group, Inc. ham II Professor of Investment Banking, The Saswati Sarkar, Associate Professor, Electrical sor, School of Design Mark Bulmash, Chief Executive O/cer, Bulmash Wharton School and Systems Engineering, School of Engineering Anne Teitelman, Assistant Professor of Nursing, Alice M. Rivlin, Senior Fellow, Real Estate Advisors, LLC and Applied Sciences Nursing Science, School of Nursing The Brookings Institution Joseph Gyourko, Martin Bucksbaum Professor Susan B. Casdin, Founder & Co-Chair, of Real Estate and Finance; Director, Zell/Lurie Heather Sharkey, Associate Professor, Near David B. 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Daniels Foundation of America - Merrill Lynch In addition to support from the University, Penn IUR is funded through a variety of external sources including grants, re- Term Professor of Urban Studies, Regional Sci- Alicia Glen, Managing Director, Urban Investment ence, Sociology and Real Estate search contracts and partnerships, and donations. Penn IUR is grateful to all of those listed below who have provided fund- Group, Goldman, Sachs & Company Penn IUR Executive Committee Afaf Meleis, Margaret Bond Simon Dean of Nurs- ing support over the last seven years. Michael Glosserman, Managing Partner, The ing, School of Nursing Chair: Vincent Price, Provost JBG Companies Andrew Porter, Dean and George and Diane Rebecca Bushnell, Dean and Professor of Eng- Andrew Halvorsen, Private Investor Weiss Professor of Education, Graduate School A. 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